2012 Thursday Games

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Wed Feb 08, 2012 4:40 am

Originally posted by Coyote Streakers:
quote:Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:
I hate to muddy the waters on options, but let's throw out Glenn's WCOFF option for a full season and get feedback:

Could you run full FAAB each Wednesday night for all 32 teams and then have a Friday night or even Saturday FAAB for all remaining non-picked up free agents? Basically it's a fallback FAAB for anyone who missed a kicker or a D/ST or maybe even an RB who was declared a late starter after an injury at practice on Friday. Yes, it's more work, but we're trying to find the best solution.

Would this be too much for owners or a perfect fallback solution?

So again: FAAB every Wednesday at 9 or 10 pm EST

2nd FAAB every Friday night or even Saturday for all remaining free agents in your league who weren't picked up the first time. No players cut from Wednesday would be added to this player pool.

This actually makes sense. Thoughts? If you were going to do 2 FA's periods this is by far my favorite out of the options. [/QUOTE]Tom and I might be warming to it too....

BLACKHAND · Post by **BLACKHAND** » Wed Feb 08, 2012 4:43 am

sounds good. as far as nelson , after winning all three post season contests i think he should only be friday.

The Franchise · Post by **The Franchise** » Wed Feb 08, 2012 4:56 am

Originally posted by Coyote Streakers:
quote:Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:
I hate to muddy the waters on options, but let's throw out Glenn's WCOFF option for a full season and get feedback:

Could you run full FAAB each Wednesday night for all 32 teams and then have a Friday night or even Saturday FAAB for all remaining non-picked up free agents? Basically it's a fallback FAAB for anyone who missed a kicker or a D/ST or maybe even an RB who was declared a late starter after an injury at practice on Friday. Yes, it's more work, but we're trying to find the best solution.

Would this be too much for owners or a perfect fallback solution?

So again: FAAB every Wednesday at 9 or 10 pm EST

2nd FAAB every Friday night or even Saturday for all remaining free agents in your league who weren't picked up the first time. No players cut from Wednesday would be added to this player pool.

This actually makes sense. Thoughts? If you were going to do 2 FA's periods this is by far my favorite out of the options. [/QUOTE]If there is going to be 2 FAAB periods and that is what everyone agrees with then I would definitely prefer having a full faab on Wednesday, not just for Thursday players.

alanr824 · Post by **alanr824** » Wed Feb 08, 2012 4:58 am

Originally posted by The Franchise:
quote:Originally posted by Coyote Streakers:
quote:Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:
I hate to muddy the waters on options, but let's throw out Glenn's WCOFF option for a full season and get feedback:

Could you run full FAAB each Wednesday night for all 32 teams and then have a Friday night or even Saturday FAAB for all remaining non-picked up free agents? Basically it's a fallback FAAB for anyone who missed a kicker or a D/ST or maybe even an RB who was declared a late starter after an injury at practice on Friday. Yes, it's more work, but we're trying to find the best solution.

Would this be too much for owners or a perfect fallback solution?

So again: FAAB every Wednesday at 9 or 10 pm EST

2nd FAAB every Friday night or even Saturday for all remaining free agents in your league who weren't picked up the first time. No players cut from Wednesday would be added to this player pool.

This actually makes sense. Thoughts? If you were going to do 2 FA's periods this is by far my favorite out of the options. [/QUOTE]If there is going to be 2 FAAB periods and that is what everyone agrees with then I would definitely prefer having a full faab on Wednesday, not just for Thursday players. [/QUOTE]I believe a full FAAB Wednesday and remaining players Friday, is where the trend seems to be going.

[ February 08, 2012, 11:00 AM: Message edited by: Al R G ]

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Wed Feb 08, 2012 5:03 am

Originally posted by The Franchise:
quote:Originally posted by Coyote Streakers:
quote:Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:
I hate to muddy the waters on options, but let's throw out Glenn's WCOFF option for a full season and get feedback:

Could you run full FAAB each Wednesday night for all 32 teams and then have a Friday night or even Saturday FAAB for all remaining non-picked up free agents? Basically it's a fallback FAAB for anyone who missed a kicker or a D/ST or maybe even an RB who was declared a late starter after an injury at practice on Friday. Yes, it's more work, but we're trying to find the best solution.

Would this be too much for owners or a perfect fallback solution?

So again: FAAB every Wednesday at 9 or 10 pm EST

2nd FAAB every Friday night or even Saturday for all remaining free agents in your league who weren't picked up the first time. No players cut from Wednesday would be added to this player pool.

This actually makes sense. Thoughts? If you were going to do 2 FA's periods this is by far my favorite out of the options. [/QUOTE]If there is going to be 2 FAAB periods and that is what everyone agrees with then I would definitely prefer having a full faab on Wednesday, not just for Thursday players. [/QUOTE]Come to think of it, maybe this solution actually enhances the FAAB experience. Everyone still has full FAAB on Wednesday and that safety net of a FAAB is there late week for anyone who missed a kicker or D or something else. And yet folks can still watch for Friday practice updates in case of an odd injury that affects a no-name free agent who suddenly is going to get playing time. It's a week long process with most of the legwork done by Wednesday.

I'm warming to this idea....

King of Queens · Post by **King of Queens** » Wed Feb 08, 2012 5:06 am

One big downside to having two complete FAAB periods is that people will have to do ALL of their free agent work in a 36-hour period from Tuesday morning to Wednesday night. The other, as already mentioned, is that owners will have incomplete information (much more so than now) in making their bids.

The prepared owners should do very well with this arrangement, but the masses will likely be none-too-pleased.

Tom Kessenich · Post by **Tom Kessenich** » Wed Feb 08, 2012 5:14 am

Originally posted by King of Queens:

The prepared owners should do very well with this arrangement, but the masses will likely be none-too-pleased. Do you think that will be the case, Glenn? I'm not so sure. This is a pretty standard setup for a lot of leagues. You have one primary WW day and then you''re able to subsequently make pickups after that. I've played on a lot of CBS Sports.com leagues over the years and that's similar to how they are all set up. We would be reducing it to one day instead of having it open until Sunday.

Plus, Greg and I received a lot of emails from first-time players this year asking if they could make subsequent pickups after the initial WW period had passed. Many of them said this is how they typically played in their leagues. So I think we'll be OK with the learning curve if we explain everything thoroughly.

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Wed Feb 08, 2012 5:38 am

Originally posted by King of Queens:
One big downside to having two complete FAAB periods is that people will have to do ALL of their free agent work in a 36-hour period from Tuesday morning to Wednesday night. The other, as already mentioned, is that owners will have incomplete information (much more so than now) in making their bids. I totally agree on the short time frame Glenn. It sucks, but the NFL is forcing our hands here, right? It's less than ideal for sure, but it's one of the options we have to choose. As a player, I'd like as much time and information as possible, too.

King of Queens · Post by **King of Queens** » Wed Feb 08, 2012 5:47 am

Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:
quote:Originally posted by King of Queens:
One big downside to having two complete FAAB periods is that people will have to do ALL of their free agent work in a 36-hour period from Tuesday morning to Wednesday night. The other, as already mentioned, is that owners will have incomplete information (much more so than now) in making their bids. I totally agree on the short time frame Glenn. It sucks, but the NFL is forcing our hands here, right? It's less than ideal for sure, but it's one of the options we have to choose. As a player, I'd like as much time and information as possible, too. [/QUOTE]The short time frame is the BIG plus to the Thursday-only pickups on Wednesday: you only have to do the "heavy-lifting" for two teams over that initial 36-hour period.

King of Queens · Post by **King of Queens** » Wed Feb 08, 2012 5:52 am

Originally posted by Tom Kessenich:
quote:Originally posted by King of Queens:

The prepared owners should do very well with this arrangement, but the masses will likely be none-too-pleased. Do you think that will be the case, Glenn? I'm not so sure. This is a pretty standard setup for a lot of leagues. You have one primary WW day and then you''re able to subsequently make pickups after that. I've played on a lot of CBS Sports.com leagues over the years and that's similar to how they are all set up. We would be reducing it to one day instead of having it open until Sunday.

Plus, Greg and I received a lot of emails from first-time players this year asking if they could make subsequent pickups after the initial WW period had passed. Many of them said this is how they typically played in their leagues. So I think we'll be OK with the learning curve if we explain everything thoroughly. [/QUOTE]This is uncharted territory here, Tom. With such an early initial deadline, almost all the available players will be gone by Wednesday. I have to believe that the second deadline (Fri/Sat) will be hardly used at all.